Most dolphin births along coastal Texas waters occur in March. Peak calving for dolphins in Florida's Indian River Lagoon occurs in April and August. Bottlenose dolphins in the Pacific Ocean along the coast of Southern California have shown a calving peak in the fall.
On May 9, 1917, the company became the Boeing Airplane Company. In late 1917, the U.S. entered World War I and Boeing knew that the U.S. Navy needed seaplanes for training. So Boeing shipped two new Model Cs to Pensacola, Florida where the planes were flown for the Navy.
Model 1. The B&W was the first airplane designed and built by Boeing. On June 15, 1916, Mr. Boeing himself took the B&W aloft for the first time. Later, Boeing showed the plane to the Navy in hopes of a contract but was turned down.